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"I knew I would be scared that first time I stepped on the scales but I was ready to start my journey.”

Miss Carter, who is also mum to Ellie, 22, joined Di Longden's WW (formerly WeightWatchers) workshop in Barlborough in April 2018 weighing 15st 9lbs.

She also bought a Fitbit watch to help monitored her various fitness levels, aiming to hit 10,000 steps a day alongside following the meal plans.

“Sometimes I would continually just walk on the spot whilst watching the TV," she said. "It's ridiculous I know, but I was proving to myself I had the willpower I had previously lacked.

Donna Carter at her daughter's graduation where she had lost two stone

"My initial goal was to lose two stone by July 2018 for my daughter's graduation.

"I started to feel more positive about actually achieving the milestone I had set myself."

When her daughter's graduation day arrived, Donna said she was "bursting with pride" and felt confident enough to have photos alongside her daughters.

To continue her journey, she needed to find another source of motivation, to reach her final goal.

Donna Carter weighed 15 stone and nine pounds at the start of her weight loss story.

She joined a gym in September 2018, and has been going up to four times a week, continuing to write out meal plans and using the support of her WW coach to eventually lose four stone.

“I am fitter, healthier and happier than I’ve been in years I am now borrowing my daughter's clothes and starting to develop my own sense of style again and wanting to experiment with new clothes and make up," she added.

"More importantly I have gained so much confidence and I have learned more about the person I am and want to be.

"My daughters are my world, and at 22 and 18, I was recently told I didn’t look old enough to have daughters of that age."

Submitted. Donna says she's now borrowing clothes off her daughters and developed her own sense of style. Story: 46 year old Worksop Building society worker Donna Carters daughters graduation gave her the push she needed to take control of her weight and lifestyle.